April 2017 i130 petiton for parent

[kimkooks 6]

My mum had her interview in London this morning and it was approved! We were worried the medical would not be there in time as that was on the 1st March (and an additional follow up GP letter was required) but it was. Good luck to everyone wherever you are on your journey!

[MrsKhan 84]

50 minutes ago, kimkooks said:

My mum had her interview in London this morning and it was approved! We were worried the medical would not be there in time as that was on the 1st March (and an additional follow up GP letter was required) but it was. Good luck to everyone wherever you are on your journey!

Congratulations!  We are in London too and on the nvc stage.  My son has applied for me and my husband.  If you don't mind can you share what sort of questions they asked your mom as we will be having an interview in a few months at London embassy so want to get an idea.  Thanks! 

[kimkooks 6]

20 minutes ago, MrsKhan said:

Congratulations!  We are in London too and on the nvc stage.  My son has applied for me and my husband.  If you don't mind can you share what sort of questions they asked your mom as we will be having an interview in a few months at London embassy so want to get an idea.  Thanks! 

They only asked her why she was going to the states sand what my job was here (since she is moving over to be closer to me). That's it! Also, they only asked to see birth certificate, police certificate and divorce papers.

 

Good luck! Once we were finished at NVC (that took us 12 long weeks), it has only taken 4 weeks total approved so it was very, very fast at London.

[MrsKhan 84]

37 minutes ago, kimkooks said:

They only asked her why she was going to the states sand what my job was here (since she is moving over to be closer to me). That's it! Also, they only asked to see birth certificate, police certificate and divorce papers.

 

Good luck! Once we were finished at NVC (that took us 12 long weeks), it has only taken 4 weeks total approved so it was very, very fast at London.

Thank you ! Yes I have heard they don't ask much to  parents.  Congratulations again! 

[Pat Stubbs 10]

Has anyone arranged health care insurance for a parent? Prices look really high. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks

[Pat Stubbs 10]

On 12/03/2018 at 12:47 PM, kimkooks said:

My mum had her interview in London this morning and it was approved! We were worried the medical would not be there in time as that was on the 1st March (and an additional follow up GP letter was required) but it was. Good luck to everyone wherever you are on your journey!

Congratulations! I am waiting for an interview date in London.

please can I ask you for advice on how you have or will arrange health insurance for your mom? It looks really expensive.

Thanks

[kimkooks 6]

2 hours ago, Pat Stubbs said:

Congratulations! I am waiting for an interview date in London.

please can I ask you for advice on how you have or will arrange health insurance for your mom? It looks really expensive.

Thanks

Yes, it is very expensive especially when you aren't used to having to pay directly for healthcare! My mum is not planning to work in 2018 and is living with us so I will claim her as a dependant on my taxes and am planning to apply for her coverage through the exchange. Based on our household income and the fact that she is my dependent, the cheapest insurance is $320 a month.  We will also apply for the local healthcare system's coverage for low income residents ( NOT considered a public charge to do either of these things. It works in such a way that it picks up what insurance won't, so long as she uses the local university hospital and doctors. It insures that all eligible individuals receive medically necessary care at participating health care places). Between these two things I am comfortable with her having the cheapest option on the exchange that has less coverage overall.

 

Car insurance is also high because she will be treated like a teenage driver due to lack of history.

[Pat Stubbs 10]

Thank you for the input. Very helpful.

[willcrack 42]

If you are in California and your parents are above 65 years old, they would be eligible for a pretty much no-cost insurance through Medi-Cal, if you can show low income for your parents.

Edited March 16, 2018 by willcrack

[Esperanza82 37]

Hello  everyone, 

Congrats to each  one who received the  approvals. 

 

I am still waiting for nvc to provide me with case /invoice number. According  to them  is taking  up  to  8 weeks.

[Pat Stubbs 10]

My SC is March 2nd and I confirmed CC yesterday 21st March. That’s less than 3 weeks. Hope that’s reassuring to everyone who, like me, has been told 11 weeks.

[willcrack 42]

What is SC and CC?

[myra2223 2]

On 2/27/2018 at 9:26 AM, Esperanza82 said:

I guess is taking a little longer for the NVC to enter the info into there system.  They told me to call in about 2 weeks but that they have up to 6 weeks so let see what happens :(.

 

I received my case and invoice number for my mom just now by calling NVC.

 

[Esperanza82 37]

On ‎3‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 8:00 AM, Pat Stubbs said:

My SC is March 2nd and I confirmed CC yesterday 21st March. That’s less than 3 weeks. Hope that’s reassuring to everyone who, like me, has been told 11 weeks.

Congratulations!

 

That is awesome.

 

[Esperanza82 37]

Good day everyone,

 

I have been MIA .. here is an update on my case :

 

2/21/2018 - NVC received case 

3/30/2018 - Case & Invoice number over the phone

3/30/2018 - DS-261 completed

4/2/2018 - Welcome letter by email

4/3/2018 -  Paid $120 & $325

4/10/2018 - Sent IV & AOS documents

4/11/2018 -  Post office delivered documents to NVC

4/11/2018 - Completed DS260

 

So now I am waiting for them to complete the case and hopefully soon get an interview date.